The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

Don't forget, in cold weather, to drop
into your fowls drink, occasionally, q
little cayenne pepper. This is very ex-
cellent, in its way, for warming the craw
when the thermometer is running down
toward zero.
Try cutting clover into short lengths,
stepping it over night in hot water and
feeding to the hogs. 1t makes cheap
food, but one of the best, not only as
sistiug them in growth, but greatly pro-
noting health.
All the plans for next season should be
arranged now. Have everything in
readiness to begin work when the busy
season comes, rs no time can then be
spared to those matters which may be
overlooked now.
Professor E. w. Stewart, in the Coun
try Gentleman, says that the margin in
feeding, even most skillful, will not stand
the additional profits of local feed mer-
chants, and advises feeders to unite and
buy at wholesale.
The Journal Of Agriculture says that
the most successful shepherd of the
future will have his mutton on the
market as regularly and in as good con.
dition aa his wool. This same man will
make both products as good as possible.
Straight backs, broad loins and round
bodies Indicate valuable qualities in
sheep, hut it is only by the use of rams
of the mutton breeds that such can be
obtained. By grading up annually it
requires but short time to entirely
change flock. -...
A stone fence only wants binding
crosswise, it does not fall down length
wise. A crooked rail should never be
put in the fence near the bottom. A
crooked rail, like crooked man, makes
more trouble than it is worth; better
make wood of it. .
In the cow stable or dairy house there
must be no smoking, no filth nor odors
of any kind. Cold milk is rapid ab-
sorbent of gases and odors, and the
quality of the butter from milk largely
depends upon the time it is drawn from
the cow to being cooled.
I.ime-impregnated wood. it is said.
will Withstand the action of the weather
for very much longer period of time.
The process is very simple, and is GER
tainly worth trying. The timbers or
boards are cut into the exact form re-
ouired for use, and then stored in pit
or tank and thoroughly saturated with
solution of lime.
At the inclement season we may avoid,
or at least mitigate. the prevalence of
roup among the fowl stock by providing
them with comfortable shelter and
proper care. Good ventilation, fresh
water daily, at least one feed of cooked
vegetables, supply of green food of
some sort, and full feeding OF sound
grain in alienation are requisites for
their health and thrift.
The peach seems to exhaust the soil
with remarkable prodigality. The crop
in Delaware is now said to be becoming
poorer every year, and the past season
has made it apparent that soils which
formerly grew superior peaches, have
lately shown lack of potency for the
production of the crop in its old-time ex-
celence. There may be other causes, but
the vitality seems to be rapidly exhausted
from the soil by this fruit.
Where only one or two cows are kept
in winter, especially if nearly dry and
led on hay, cream accumulates slowly
and is liable to spoil before it can be
churned. The bitter taste found in win
ter butter msy be the result of rag weed
or other weeds in the hay. Cornstalks
are better feed for cows than the best of
hay. Clover in nutritive value is richer
than the grasses, but even when green it
is not good for butter or milk.
Steers and milch COWS should never be
kept in the same pasture, says the 1sras
Stockman. Raising beef requires skill.
The first requisite Is rapid growth of the
frame, and in the younger days of the
animal too much consideration cannot be
riven to this matter. Steers when grow
ing convert all their food in the direc-
ton of b ilding up the body. There
are times when they must receive special
attention, different to that given to cows,
for success depends upon how the cattle
are managed.
A ration of cornmeai twice day with
other feed will make the milk much
richer, and with most cows will make
the butter of better color. Winter but
ter at its best is ap! to be too white. It
is not fraud on consumers to use color
ing matter on we'll made, sweet winter
butter. The improvement in appearance
makes the butter really more palatable.
Good farmers use artificial coloring in
the winter when they only make what
they use on their own tables. If prop
erly made, winter butter is as good as the
best grass butter.
With rapidly increasing population
there will be danger of excessive dear
ness of meat, such as prevails in the
densely populated countries of Europe,
and xaK this we can only be saved by
such improvement in breeds of stock as
will produce beef at less cost. On cheap
lands, the Shorthorns, aiming at beef
production almost exclusively, have been
best adapted to this end. But in the
older sections of the country, where la
Dor and skill combined to Offset the In
creased price Of land, the Holsteins,
bred for milk and butter as we'll as beef,
will certainly have the preference.
Antiauity of gingerbread.